Dallas (DAL) – New Orleans (MSY)
- Distance
- 701 km
- 436 mi · 379 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 19 min / 1 h 27 min
- Average gate to gate: DAL → MSY / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 88 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (52 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 465,945
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −4.4%
- Flights / week
- 87
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 64%
- 727,198 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- WN
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from DAL
- 115°
- Heading from MSY
- 298°
- Halfway point
- 31.46, -93.51
- Great-circle km
- 700 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DAL → MSY
- 1 h 1 min
- In the air MSY → DAL
- 1 h 10 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 35,884 |
| Sep 2025 | 40,011 |
| Oct 2025 | 49,210 |
| Nov 2025 | 42,111 |
| Dec 2025 | 39,107 |
| Jan 2026 | 31,457 |
| Feb 2026 | 37,096 |
| Mar 2026 | 40,629 |
| Apr 2026 | 38,475 |
| May 2026 | 42,699 |
| Jun 2026 | 35,152 |
| Jul 2026 | 34,114 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 358 |
| Sep 2025 | 360 |
| Oct 2025 | 442 |
| Nov 2025 | 396 |
| Dec 2025 | 379 |
| Jan 2026 | 356 |
| Feb 2026 | 374 |
| Mar 2026 | 416 |
| Apr 2026 | 388 |
| May 2026 | 394 |
| Jun 2026 | 324 |
| Jul 2026 | 335 |
Airlines flying DAL–MSY nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 87 | 100% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,833 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,584 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,105 flights
Also carried: 293 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 14 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.1%
- Flights counted
- 4,576
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 26% · aircraft arriving late 52% · air traffic system 18% · weather 4% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $226
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $182
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $225
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $225
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $169 · Q3 2025 $162 · Q4 2025 $180 · Q1 2026 $226).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $231, likely $200–$263
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.7%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 7% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 700 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.